QCD and Hadron Structure

Fall 2008

Lecturer: Paul Hoyer C321  191 50681 
Lectures: Mo 12-14  A315  First lecture on Monday 8 September
(due to Helsinki University opening ceremonies).
Lecture and discussion on Monday 20 October
will be held despite the otherwise lecture-free week.
Discussions: Mo 16-18  A315 
Exam: Fr 16.1.09 at 14-18  D101  Institutional exam in theoretical physics
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Course description:

This is a research training course, which aims at teaching research strategy as well as specific topics in Quantum Chromodynamics. QCD is the accepted theory of the strong interactions whose basic properties remain to be understood. Why are quarks and gluons not directly observed (like electrons and photons)? How can the structure of hadrons, the bound states of quarks and gluons, be measured experimentally? The course will motivate and describe some of the approaches that are used to address these basic issues: Quark and parton models, deep inelastic lepton scattering as well as soft and hard hadron scattering. Relevant mathematical techniques will be covered in the exercises.

Prerequisites: Quantum Mechanics II. Introduction to Particle Physics and Theoretical Particle Physics are important.

Textbooks: No textbook covers the whole course, but the lecture notes will be available on this page.
I. J. R. Aitchison and A. J. G. Hey: Gauge Theories in Particle Physics:
 Vol. I  From Relativistic Quantum Mechanics to QED (IOP Publishing, 2003) 
 Vol. II QCD and the Electroweak Theory (IOP Publishing, 2004) 
M. Peskin and D. Schroeder: An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory (Prentice Hall, 2000) 

HEP terms, definitions,...
Particle Data Group
Spires data base
arXiv

Feynman rules from the book of Peskin and Schroeder.
Feynman rules from the book of Itzykson and Zuber.
Table of Clebsch-Gordan coefficients, spherical harmonics, etc.
LF Spinors and Polarization Vectors

Presentations which will be covered in the lectures:
Speaker Title Dates
P. Hoyer QCD and Hadron Phenomenology (I, II) 8.9: I
20.10: p. II.1-20
27.10: p. II.21-31
W-K. Tung Introduction to Perturbative QCD (I, II) 15.9: p. I.1-34
22.9: p. I.35-42; II.1-12
29.9: p. II.13-31
M. Vanderhaeghen Hadron Structure with Electromagnetic Probes
(I, II)		 6.10: p. I.1-21
13.10: p. I.22-49; II.1-4
27.10: p. II.4-12
3.11: p. II.13-41
W. Brooks Nucleon Electromagnetic Form Factors 6.10: p. I.1-21
B. Kubis From QCD to Hadron Physics (I, II) 10.11: p. I.1-20
17.11: p. I.21-25; II.1-31
24.11: p. II.32-41
J. Dudek Hadron Spectroscopy (Lattice QCD) 24.11: p. 49-59
1.12: p. 60-70
J. Negele Nucleon Form Factors and Generalized Form Factors from Lattice QCD 1.12: p. 1-?
 
P. Hoyer Notes (34 pages)

Discussion sessions: You should prepare for the discussions by finding the relevant information on the web. Activity in the discussion sessions will have a 25% weight in the final grade.
8.9
Discussion 1.pdf 		15.9
Discussion 2.pdf
Solutions 2.pdf 		22.9
Discussion 3.pdf
Solutions 3.pdf 		29.9
Discussion 4.pdf
Solutions 4.pdf 		6.10
Discussion 5.pdf
Solutions 5.pdf
13.10
Discussion 6.pdf
Solutions 6.pdf 		20.10
Discussion 7.pdf
Solutions 7.pdf 		27.10
Discussion 8.pdf
Solutions 8.pdf 		3.11
Discussion 9.pdf
Solutions 9.pdf 		10.11
Discussion 10.pdf
Solutions 10.pdf
17.11
Discussion 11.pdf
Solutions 11.pdf 		24.11
Discussion 12.pdf
Solutions 12.pdf 		1.12
Discussion 13.pdf